Africa has been declared free from wild polio by the independent body, the Africa Regional Certification Commission. From a report: Polio usually affects children under five, sometimes leading to irreversible paralysis. Death can occur when breathing muscles are affected. Twenty-five years ago thousands of children in Africa were paralysed by the virus. The disease is now only found in Afghanistan and…
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Meditation-relaxation therapy may offer escape from the terror of sleep paralysis
Sleep paralysis — a condition thought to explain a number of mysterious experiences including alleged cases of alien abduction and demonic night-time visits — could be treated using a technique of meditation-relaxation, suggests a pilot study published today. Source: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/08/200812094900.htm
Warning of Serious Brain Disorders in People With Mild Coronavirus Symptoms
Doctors may be missing signs of serious and potentially fatal brain disorders triggered by coronavirus, as they emerge in mildly affected or recovering patients, scientists have warned. From a report: Neurologists are on Wednesday publishing details of more than 40 UK Covid-19 patients whose complications ranged from brain inflammation and delirium to nerve damage and stroke. In some cases, the neurological…
Who created the polio vaccine?
In the early 1950s, Dr. Jonas Salk and Dr. Albert Sabin each found a way to protect the world from poliomyelitis, the paralysis-causing disease commonly known as polio. Here’s how they did it. Source: https://www.livescience.com/polio-virus-vaccine.html
Brain implant lets man with paralysis move and feel with his hand
A brain-computer interface has helped a man with a severe spinal cord injury move and feel using a hand again, letting him carefully lift light objects such as a paper cup Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2241576-brain-implant-lets-man-with-paralysis-move-and-feel-with-his-hand/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
This Virus May Be Causing Mysterious Polio-Like Illness That’s Paralyzing Some Children
A mysterious polio-like illness that spiked in 2014, leading to paralysis in children across the U.S., may have divulged one of its secrets. Source: https://www.livescience.com/enterovirus-linked-acute-flaccid-myelitis.html
The terrifying creatures of sleep paralysis
During sleep paralysis, the experiencer can hallucinate all manner of strange entities in the room with them. Have you ever found yourself in a half-w… Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/331185/the-terrifying-creatures-of-sleep-paralysis…
A mind-controlled exoskeleton helped a man with paralysis walk again
A man who has paralysis has managed to walk again using an exoskeleton he controls with his mind. The suit is directed by electrodes that rest on the brain’s surface, but it can’t yet allow independent walking Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2218863-a-mind-controlled-exoskeleton-helped-a-man-with-paralysis-walk-again/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…